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Supafreak wrote:You would think he could have answered the questions from the microphone, sure it may have been edited but it just seems weird to walk away while answering , then again he was probably worn out. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DC2WoYdzSUu/?igsh=MWFhNGJ0ZXhkdjN2cw==. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-security-cabinet-approv...
Don't really get this, Hizbollah are the ones involved in the hostilities, they are not a signing partner so what is to stop them? Lebanese military? Could this lead to civil war in Lebanon?
Haven't Hizbollah said they will continue their attacks until there is a cease fire in Gaza?
Sounds like a plan doomed for failure, again the powers that be making deals without the involvement and agreement with the groups with skin in the game such as Abraham accords ignoring the plight of Palestinians.
We shall see.
Was Biden drunk then, geez someone put him to bed.
wax24 wrote:It is 0642 here and i am 48 mins away from swiping out and enjoying a paddle practice session in Tomales Bay. Mushy at the ol beachie....
Even after Trumps win.... they'll still let me surf, huh. Go figure.
(except for my doctor. if she had her way, i'd stay dry. Now THERE'S a fascist! lol)
haha, you get your wet on @wax? good on you! coupla comments about the sea making us weirdos more normal. So true! (how you travelling @southern, been moon howling a bit longer than the rest of us, did you get through your hectic study time and subsequent disgust at humanity? been getting some rare mornings down here, there's nothing like a sou-west swell, with the wind whipping round to north-east on a good tide, and catching those few hours on an empty upwelling coast. total playtime : )
wax24 wrote:That's the stuff, Basey. Sounds wonderful.
It is 0642 here and i am 48 mins away from swiping out and enjoying a paddle practice session in Tomales Bay. Mushy at the ol beachie....
Even after Trumps win.... they'll still let me surf, huh. Go figure.
(except for my doctor. if she had her way, i'd stay dry. Now THERE'S a fascist! lol)
Water up there would be getting a bit cold now?
andy-mac wrote:Supafreak wrote:You would think he could have answered the questions from the microphone, sure it may have been edited but it just seems weird to walk away while answering , then again he was probably worn out. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DC2WoYdzSUu/?igsh=MWFhNGJ0ZXhkdjN2cw==. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-security-cabinet-approv...
Don't really get this, Hizbollah are the ones involved in the hostilities, they are not a signing partner so what is to stop them? Lebanese military? Could this lead to civil war in Lebanon?
Haven't Hizbollah said they will continue their attacks until there is a cease fire in Gaza?
Sounds like a plan doomed for failure, again the powers that be making deals without the involvement and agreement with the groups with skin in the game such as Abraham accords ignoring the plight of Palestinians.We shall see.
Was Biden drunk then, geez someone put him to bed.
Ok saw that Hizbollah agreed to pull back.
Hope the cease fire can turn to peace.
This is my understanding of whats in it for each group.
Hezbollah: They only have about 20% of their rocket supply left and pretty much no proper leadership left, but they do get to survive to live another day and sadly will rebuild, the downside for them is it's a kind of loss as they said they wont stop until the Gaza war ends, which it wont be quite yet.
Israel= They are said to be low on ammunition and reservist tired, it gives them a break and in theory something like almost one hundred thousand Israeli's, it's said a very high number of Arabs & Bedouin's in that area can move back and rebuild, yes many of their houses are destroyed because the iron dome does not protect areas that have been evacuated. The downside for them is Hezbollah are still alive and will one day attack Israel again, so many have said they dont feel safe to return.
BTW. Most Israelis are not happy about the Ceasefire deal as most expected the aim was to destroy hezbollah, but Israel always said this wouldn't be a long operation and that destroying Hezbolah (a huge job) wasn't the aim, the aim was to make it safe for Israeli's return to the north and to push back Hezbollah to behind the Litani river.
Lebanon= They get peace and people can return to also rebuild in areas south of the Latani river, and do it without Hezbollahs influence hanging over them.
The army will also get outside support (like French) to ensure they have the resource's to ensure it's capable so in a sense it gives them support to be stronger and more in control of their country.
Iran= Apart from Hezbollah surviving they dont gain much, their proxy army is severely weakened and the focus for Israel and possibly even USA will most likely go towards dealing with Iran in some way, remember Israel is still waiting for return fire from Iran
The aim of Iran was to always use Hezbollah as a shield to prevent Israel trying to take out their nuclear facilties and to attack Israel via Hezbollah rather than directly, so If Iran strikes Israel again and Israel hits back Hezbollah cant get involved without breaking the ceasefire.
USA= Biden gets a win and goes out looking like he got something done. while Trump can and im sure will claim it was from his influence of coming into power soon.
Both parties must be fully removed from the area within 60 days so guess in a way that means Biden starts the deal and Trump in a sense is the one who finishes the deal.
Timing though is still interesting, why did Bibi not just wait until Trump came in and give Trump the clear win ?
I do believe part of the deal with Biden was a release of some ammunition supply's to Israel that had previously been held back though, maybe they were really running low in some areas.
I dont know if Trump having a Lebanese (Christian) brother inlay is a factor?...he also has a Jewish Zionist brother inlay, Christmas dinner politics sure would be interesting at Trumps house this year.
Good news Musk and Trump's bro-mance is still on.
Skip the shit 6:10 onwards rocket launch and some candid raw Trump & Elon action
indo-dreaming wrote:Good news Musk and Trump's bro-mance is still on.
Skip the shit 6:10 onwards rocket launch and some candid raw Trump & Elon action
that is terrifying.
13,000km per hour six month trip to mars.
I dig the research and knowledge space stuff very much,
but the Victorian-era loose-cannon captains of industry bro-club thing is terrifying.
Great vid b6.
US is losing the space race with China. I think that’s scared them at a national level. Musk and the bros want to capitalise.
Why’s Musk throwing shade at Lockheed Martin, producer of the F35, on Twitter right now? Because 71% of their revenue is US DoD contracts, and are also the maker of Orion space capsules, a competitor to SpaceX.
^^ how could any sane, rational, intelligent, balanced, logical thinking person ever contemplate buying a Tesla?
Roadkill wrote:wax24 wrote:That's the stuff, Basey. Sounds wonderful.
It is 0642 here and i am 48 mins away from swiping out and enjoying a paddle practice session in Tomales Bay. Mushy at the ol beachie....
Even after Trumps win.... they'll still let me surf, huh. Go figure.
(except for my doctor. if she had her way, i'd stay dry. Now THERE'S a fascist! lol)Water up there would be getting a bit cold now?
Shoot Roady…… it’s always cold. But, yeah, gettin colder.
GuySmiley wrote:^^ how could any sane, rational, intelligent, balanced, logical thinking person ever contemplate buying a Tesla?
Because 99.9% of people buy a car based, on price, running cost, performance, features, value, comfort and not what the owners of the companies political leanings are.
The only people that buy cars based on the owners political views are irrational, unintelligent, unbalanced, illogical thinking people.
A few years ago you would have happily bought at Telsla if had the spare money, and then bragged up how you were saving the planet.
Even when Musk was a leftie i wanted a Tesla as i wrote as my dream car in Feb 2020 (musk bought twitter in 2022)
https://www.swellnet.com/forums/wax/464144?page=1
Cause i dont want or buy cars based on politics, your view is as dumb as those conservative's that think we should all drive petrol driven cars forever and diss EV's because EV's are considered part of reducing emission's and dealing with climate change.
Fuck that shit, give me a car that cost little to run, with great pick up and barely makes a sound, other than price the only downside for me with a Tesla is you have to get them serviced etc at a Teslsa dealer
Really though in time id be happy with any decent EV no matter the brand or who the owner is.
^^ oh so very predictable @info #there’salwaysanothercomment
Predictable is what you are Guy same tripe different day.
You take a positive video of mankind achieving amazing things and somehow turn it into a negative post about total nonsense on how anyone who buys a Telsla is all these negative things.
When the reality is your pretty much alone in that thinking the true irrational 0.1%
^^ #there’salwaysanothercomment
real shame, ellen degeneres scooting off.
(since gra's 'heart of gold' comment, I've pondered the probability that if Joe Turpel and Ellen made an offspring, it being the physical manifestation of the joe rogan AI Ultimate Happy Bunny).
GuySmiley wrote:^^ #there’salwaysanothercomment
Irony
GuySmiley wrote:^^ how could any sane, rational, intelligent, balanced, logical thinking person ever contemplate buying a Tesla?
Again, the question ^^ needs to be asked
https://amp.abc.net.au/article/104657124
Funny someone wouldn't buy something cause of the owner/manufacturers political view.
Better check that on everything you buy going by that mindset.
As was said above servicing a Tesla is the problem unless you live in or near a city.
See a few surfers with them these days, most older guys that are doing well and probs not wasting time posting crap on a surf forum.
Left leaning (pro democracy) channel
Media’s Touch ahead of Fox “news “
For YouTube viewers poll
indo-dreaming wrote:GuySmiley wrote:^^ how could any sane, rational, intelligent, balanced, logical thinking person ever contemplate buying a Tesla?
Because 99.9% of people buy a car based, on price, running cost, performance, features, value, comfort and not what the owners of the companies political leanings are.
The only people that buy cars based on the owners political views are irrational, unintelligent, unbalanced, illogical thinking people.
A few years ago you would have happily bought at Telsla if had the spare money, and then bragged up how you were saving the planet.
Even when Musk was a leftie i wanted a Tesla as i wrote as my dream car in Feb 2020 (musk bought twitter in 2022)
https://www.swellnet.com/forums/wax/464144?page=1Cause i dont want or buy cars based on politics, your view is as dumb as those conservative's that think we should all drive petrol driven cars forever and diss EV's because EV's are considered part of reducing emission's and dealing with climate change.
Fuck that shit, give me a car that cost little to run, with great pick up and barely makes a sound, other than price the only downside for me with a Tesla is you have to get them serviced etc at a Teslsa dealer
Really though in time id be happy with any decent EV no matter the brand or who the owner is.
dead right there
on all points...
the likes of AOC and peter fitzsimmons are living proof
bought their tesla's for the very reasons you mention
and now they have buyers remorse
because?
well... elon...
strange world we are living in
funny thing about all this elon hate machine is, that the best inventions throughout history, that have made all our lives better, have come from weirdo science nerdy tyoes
people who are quite eccentric and odd, generally a bit socially awkward, but have a brain that sees things others don't, have an obsession, and/or a way with numbers and systems...
the spectrum people
often males... but not always... but most certainly a 'male brain'
of sorts
now, with all this toxic this, toxic that, bullshit...
these people are condemned and purposely outcasted
once again...
oh the irony
again...
GS has such a raging boner for ID, trolls him so incessantly, he appears to lack self awareness and rational thought. Must be all that blood rushing to the wrong head.
"#there’salwaysanothercomment", RK was on the money with "irony", mindless comments all over the home page today from GS.
Regarding Tesla's, it not just the cost & servicing, they need special tyres that can't just be bought off the shelf anywhere also.
the frown wants to live in his virtue filled dark cave...
with a nissan leaf parked out front
or some sub standard, materials intensive, cheap throw away, chinese model...
the irony
again...
elmo wrote:Funny someone wouldn't buy something cause of the owner/manufacturers political view.
Better check that on everything you buy going by that mindset.
As was said above servicing a Tesla is the problem unless you live in or near a city.
See a few surfers with them these days, most older guys that are doing well and probs not wasting time posting crap on a surf forum.
haha, yup, aside from the cost & servicing, I am a bit shallow and wouldn't buy one cos they look like a voldemort-designed sneaker.
fitzroy-21 wrote:GS has such a raging boner for ID, trolls him so incessantly, he appears to lack self awareness and rational thought. Must be all that blood rushing to the wrong head.
"#there’salwaysanothercomment", RK was on the money with "irony", mindless comments all over the home page today from GS.
Regarding Tesla's, it not just the cost & servicing, they need special tyres that can't just be bought off the shelf anywhere also.
Im glad others notice, its just weird.
basesix wrote:elmo wrote:Funny someone wouldn't buy something cause of the owner/manufacturers political view.
Better check that on everything you buy going by that mindset.
As was said above servicing a Tesla is the problem unless you live in or near a city.
See a few surfers with them these days, most older guys that are doing well and probs not wasting time posting crap on a surf forum.haha, yup, aside from the cost & servicing, I am a bit shallow and wouldn't buy one cos they look like a voldemort-designed sneaker.
Yeah the cost to buy is the killer. plus just lack of any true surf car other than the Cybertruck that is quite an acquired taste, i get how some think its ugly, it kind of is.
As time goes on though, there will better EV's id love a van or panel van EV.
Bromance away lads, spoon each other to your heart’s content, come on give me your best shot
and while we're on irony...
the ABC boss is carrying on about rogan, and misinformation and disinformation throughout covid
the ABC, whether consciously or not... were one of the biggest spreaders and indulgers of misinformation and the like
yes, they had a role to play, but even when things became so blindingly glaringly obvious to people capable of objective thought...
the ABC , toed the line, for another 12 - 24 months...
they still do now to a certain extent
I used to think these people knew they were spreading dubious information, but did it anyway, because it was for the greater good
I'm sure that was the case initially
but, no, their stubbornness and righteousness runs much deeper
they still believe half the bullshit!!
all of it?
it's about religion alright
it's a fucken cult!
in the truest sense of the term...
https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/radio/huge-pileon-abc-boss-kim-...
GuySmiley wrote:Bromance away lads, spoon each other to your heart’s content, come on give me your best shot
#there’salwaysanothercomment
Hahahaha
indo-dreaming wrote:basesix wrote:elmo wrote:Funny someone wouldn't buy something cause of the owner/manufacturers political view.
Better check that on everything you buy going by that mindset.
As was said above servicing a Tesla is the problem unless you live in or near a city.
See a few surfers with them these days, most older guys that are doing well and probs not wasting time posting crap on a surf forum.haha, yup, aside from the cost & servicing, I am a bit shallow and wouldn't buy one cos they look like a voldemort-designed sneaker.
Yeah the cost to buy is the killer. plus just lack of any true surf car other than the Cybertruck that is quite an acquired taste, i get how some think its ugly, it kind of is.
As time goes on though, there will better EV's id love a van or panel van EV.
the cybertruck is totally a 'mericafkyeh-21stC-delorian. EV sandman for an aussie driving 50kms on corrugated roads for a surf? mm, yeh, reckon I'd be ev-curious at that point. if it had a faux grill for the aesthetics..
The far right religious evangelical cults within the MAGA cult.
Were told by God that Trump won
the 2020 election.
there is no bromance
I actually cannot stand the guy
but I accept that exceedingly smart people and inventors might just have a personality I don't like
but I accept it... because it appears they have more to contribute to mankind... than your petty grievance rainbow parade...
Not sure why I’ve given you lot atomic wedges here it’s only my opinion and like yours it means jackshit but carry on with your false indignation … it’s hilarious
I’m with Indo on the EV panel van…… maybe 3rd generation sos the kinks are at least somewhat attended to……
But then I was a child of the 70s and carpeted vans, VW buses and even some station wagons were the envy of the Joneses…..
GuySmiley wrote:Not sure why I’ve given you lot atomic wedges here it’s only my opinion and like yours it means jackshit but carry on with your false indignation … it’s hilarious
#there’salwaysanothercomment
It's hilarious because of your boner for ID, always on his case. It's just coincidental that serveral of us have chipped you for it simultaneously. But do carry on unaffected :)
I'm gonna look into getting some venetian blinds for my HK holden belmont station wagon this summer, @wax. sweeetness...
Base- purple velour curtains and a "don't laugh, your daughter may be in here" sticker.
haha! this is a classy great-ocean-road slow-bounce-suspension old-man car @zen!
(actually, just found some venetions on hkhthgpartsandpanels,
and bought them, great how SN interactions can make the thought, real.)
basesix wrote:I'm gonna look into getting some venetian blinds for my HK holden belmont station wagon this summer, @wax. sweeetness...
Purrfect..,, updates the class. From having to suffer the confected goofy facial expressions from the goofy kids in the backseat of those wagons that I grew up with…. to the suspicious, just peeking out the blinds as we travel the same road kids who are being raised by Today.
sypkan wrote:and while we're on irony...
the ABC boss is carrying on about rogan, and misinformation and disinformation throughout covid
the ABC, whether consciously or not... were one of the biggest spreaders and indulgers of misinformation and the like
yes, they had a role to play, but even when things became so blindingly glaringly obvious to people capable of objective thought...
the ABC , toed the line, for another 12 - 24 months...
they still do now to a certain extent
I used to think these people knew they were spreading dubious information, but did it anyway, because it was for the greater good
I'm sure that was the case initially
but, no, their stubbornness and righteousness runs much deeper
they still believe half the bullshit!!
all of it?
it's about religion alright
it's a fucken cult!
in the truest sense of the term...
https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/radio/huge-pileon-abc-boss-kim-...
Any news on whether W. Klitschko’s gonna go on Joe? Happy to travel to Texas apparently, do three hours, keep his people out of it, whatever Joe wants.
Nuts to think that a more or less Western democratic European kinda country, a sovereign nation - when facing down a tactical nuking from Vlad, and hoards of drug fuelled North Korean marauders storming in to claim whatever’s left in the name of The Axis of Evil – has come to the conclusion that the road to salvation runs through the Podcast Bros. Sign of the times, and even weirder, it’s probably bang on.
As noted, our new chairman of the ABC, perhaps betraying a small hint of elitism, is of a similar mind to Ukraine’s communication arm, and in no doubt as to the extent of Joe’s reach, “I personally find it deeply repulsive and to think that someone has such remarkable power in the United States is something that I look at in disbelief.”
I doubt Williams has ever listened to the likes of Joe. I think that what this class can’t abide is that the podcasters ‘platform’ the wrong kind of people. I can only assume this type of institutionalised thinking led to Tom Switzer’s demise at the ABC. His excellent programme, ‘Between The Lines’, more than any other, seemed to me to embody the principles of the ABC’s 'charter'. I couldn’t detect any bias in his interviewing technique, had no idea he was a noted conservative until I looked him up. Always tested his guests’ views. Only thing that suggested he was a conservative was the line up of his guests, who were often, though not exclusively, themselves noted conservative voices. I think this was what was so egregious to the cabal of cultural progressives that rule the ABC, they just couldn’t accept that these wrong thinking people were being given a voice on ‘their’ organisation.
Anyway, hope Rogan gives Klitschko a run. Whether it’s appropriate or not, whether he likes it or not, Joe’s been elevated onto another plane of late, almost like he’s the mainstream media now, he wouldn’t want to fall into the same trap as 'our' ABC.
Lawyer Michael Popok
Explains to Eric Trump, why double jeopardy
,doesn’t apply to Donald’s case , because single jeopardy only applies when a jury is sworn in ,
And Jack Smith dismissed Trump’s case before a jury was sworn in,
So Trumps case can be reopened when he leaves office.
Trumps legal team should have opposed
Jack Smiths motion to dismiss before a jury was sworn in , but missed the opportunity?
just on EV's.
Hybrids really are the way to go in Aus.
My wife has a RAV hybrid. does 100km a day @ between 4.8l and 5l per 100kms.
I had a Prado on order but cancelled it and have ordered a Raptor @ about (claimed)11l per 100km however true consumption is reported at upwards of 16l per 100km...and fuel should be the higher octane.
Aus still has no real charging network and I don't see any new ones being made.
gonna be sweet, the blinds, for when I need a little lie-down @wax.
need to get a thermos, folding chair and a card table..
https://www.flickr.com/photos/aussiefordadverts/13775719174
Exxotixjeff wrote:Lawyer Michael Popok
Explains to Eric Trump, why double jeopardy
,doesn’t apply to Donald’s case , because single jeopardy only applies when a jury is sworn in ,
And Jack Smith dismissed Trump’s case before a jury was sworn in,
So Trumps case can be reopened when he leaves office.
Trumps legal team should have opposed
Jack Smiths motion to dismiss before a jury was sworn in , but missed the opportunity?
Popok is as far left as maga is far right. He became so boring and one sided in the run up to the election...is still crying like Hollywood lefties.
Popok / Shapiro...same but different but more same than different.
Hybrids are cheaper if you do mainly around town driving, not much diff v a non hybrid if doing a lot of highway at 110 though, comparing similar cars.
That pic was True Sweetness, for sures. Shoot Basey, a thermos, a folding chair, and a card table (out the back of a wagon with no engine is a KINGDOM for some (many?)
If I ever Chuck It All…. That setup’ll do (as long as the wagon runs, lol)
I'm getting a new car in December- was gonna get a new Outback as Japan will stop making them and I like Subaru's. The Japan one's are 1.8lt T but because they won't come to the negotiating table in good faith I'm changing brands and going diesel. Meeting with our bloke tomorrow- 2.0T 48v mild-hybrid. 1200km + to a tank. No brainer.
Next car will probs be an EV.
Roadkill wrote:Exxotixjeff wrote:Lawyer Michael Popok
Explains to Eric Trump, why double jeopardy
,doesn’t apply to Donald’s case , because single jeopardy only applies when a jury is sworn in ,
And Jack Smith dismissed Trump’s case before a jury was sworn in,
So Trumps case can be reopened when he leaves office.
Trumps legal team should have opposed
Jack Smiths motion to dismiss before a jury was sworn in , but missed the opportunity?Popok is as far left as maga is far right. He became so boring and one sided in the run up to the election...is still crying like Hollywood lefties.
Popok / Shapiro...same but different but more same than different.
Yeah but he is a lawyer who understands the
US legal system, so it doesn’t matter if he’s left or right
Or too boring for you does it ?
The thing I don't like about Tesla's, or one of them, is the fake curve/knob on the front end. Once I saw it I have trouble looking at them without looking at it thinking WTF.
Car curves are important to me for some reason.
Part of why I love classic mercs, and some of the other classics.
And surfboards.
And waves.
And women.
It's all about the curves for me.
Plus I think Musk is a dork. I know it's not supposed to matter, superficial posturing and all that , but he's a fkn dork, and now he thinks HE got elected and he shits me even more as Elonia.
And they just look tinny.
I'm not that into muscle cars, but my daily driver needs to be able to take a beating, and be something I can service or diagnose or even fix myself. For the price of a Tesla I can buy something cool, with nice curves to admire, and a daily beater, and a few other things.
But if I was an inner city dweller, a Tesla probably wouldn't be a bad option.
Those Tesla trucks look like a Frankenstien DeLorean. Now he was an interesting guy, John DeLorean, read his biography once, he's way more interesting than Elon.
Anyway...
@basesix, what did you pay for those venetians?
I've looked at them before but the prices they want were out there, and also had a cop tell me once they are unroadworthy. Don't see them much, but they can look great on the right car. Like a Belmont.
And I'm on team @Guy Smiley, although I must say @Indo has been talking some sense about a few things of late, but I do get a laugh from some of Guy's taunts.
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